Eric S. Raymond on GPL and BSD licenses. & Microsoft coming to Linux

[Rainer Deyke]

Jérôme M. Berger wrote:
> Sergey Gromov wrote:
>> Now, how would you make money on free, as in libre, software?  How would
>> you make a free, single-player RPG and still stay in business?  All you
>> can under GPL is take payment for distribution, as long as nobody else
>> starts to distribute it for free.  This means giving your hard work for
>> free, as in gratis, not business.
> 
> 	Ask RedHat, or any of the increasingly large number of companies
> that *do* make money on free, as in libre, software. Basically, you
> make your customers pay for specific developments and
> customizations. Once the software is released you still get paid for
> tech support and maintenance.

There's a market for customizations to, or customer support for, single
player RPGs?


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